On the feature of American slangs Abstract: With the development of the society‚ slang is accepted by more and more Americans. This thesis analyses features and functions of American slang. The author draws a conclusion that American slang reflects the cultural characteristics of Americans’ humor‚ informality‚ self-confidence‚ anti-authority‚ innovation consciousness and pursuit for time efficiency. Slang is a sort of informal language‚ the original purpose is to express vulgarly or use it as
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One aspect that stands out to be the utmost dominant in the means of varying my idiolect is social networking. Abbreviations like “LOL” and “ROFL” appear to be making their way into everyday teenager dialects around the world including mine. I have noticed that I currently use “LOL” often to let others recognise when I find something humorous. What I perceive from this is that I only use this abbreviation around my friends primarily because of the formal and informal parting of my idiolect between
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vocabulary. I’ve also had the opportunity while serving in the United States Air Force‚ to hear many different “Englishes”. Being in the military‚ you get to work with and spend a lot of time with people from all over America who speak in different dialects related to their social backgrounds. One day you might work with someone from the Deep South and the next day‚ someone from Maine. Then you might get lucky and work with someone from your own part of the country or‚ you might get two guys both
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Hokkien is: 1. The surviving language of the Tang Dynasty (唐朝‚ 618 - 907 A.D.)‚ China ’s Golden Age of Culture. Note: The Hokkien we hear today may have "evolved" from its original form 2‚000 years ago‚ but it still retains the main elements of the Tang Dynasty Language. 2. Hokkiens are the surviving descendants of the Tang Dynasty -- When the Tang Dynasty collapsed‚ the people of the Tang Dynasty fled South and sought refuge in the Hokkien ( Fujian 福建省) province. Hence‚ Hokkien called themselves
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her “Why it can’t be English?” Higgins could identify people from their accents. As during that time‚ only people from upper middle class or high class societies had the opportunities to learn proper English. And people spoke different accents or dialects according to the area they were born in. For example‚ Eliza spoke her native accent Cockney- which couldn’t pronounce the vowels a‚e‚i‚o‚u correctly. Now I come to realize that the accent in language has so much influence on people. We could know
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history from others. According to examiner website‚ there are 6‚913 languages spoken in this world‚ and about 3‚500 languages will be at the risk of extinction in just a lifetime away. For example‚ I have a friend that speaks Mien‚ which is a Chinese dialect of the Yao ethnic group. There are currently only two million Mien or Yao people left in this world. Fewer Mien youth are using their language because they simply do not have a use for it. America is home to 40‚000 Mien people‚ but my Mien friend
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they grew up in or the people they socialise with. The media‚ education‚ class system‚ location of birth and where I live have directly influenced my personal idiolect. I was born in Leicester. People in Leicester have a very distinct accent and dialect and during my short period there‚ I collected many of these features as my own. Ends of sentences would be punctuated with “luv” or “duck” and “good food!” became “bostin’ fittle!” Due to unfortunate circumstances‚ I was adopted at the age of three
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differently from myself. Meaning‚ how people form their verbs‚ etc. on a daily basis. The more I know about a culture and a language‚ the easier it will be for me to come up with a setting and/or to develop a character’s personality based on a type of dialect. (i.e. whether I would want a character to speak in slang or very proper) A good example of this is my interest and love for the French language. I took three years of it in high school. Laura K. Lawless explains the differences between French
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Comparison between style and register By Denis Vasilev It has been a huge problem for the sociolinguists to tell the difference between style and register through the years. All of them have their own theories and ideas about these two notions and certainly there will be many more for the future. To be able to compare the two definitions first I will go through their work and afterwards I will express my personal point of view. Register is a combination of all the parameters of the communicative
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consequently respond “I would love a glarss of water”. In the current age‚ in my eyes‚ it is seen to be more posh when adding the “ar” sound in substitute of an “a” sound. There are many examples: bath to barth‚ etc. I also describe the upper class’ dialect to have a more ‘grizzly’ base – lower frequency. This may be seen as a lack of confidence in my idiolect and accent; I have noted that I don’t speak very comfortably with people of higher intelligence or authority as I am always conscious of my idiolect
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